Arm, Forearm and Hand - Appendicular Skeleton

Question 1

Head of Humerus

Answer 1

Ball socket joint.

Question 2

Deltoid Tuberosity

Answer 2

Muscle attachment, rough patch slightly parietal to middle of bone shaft.

Question 3

Greater Tubercle

Answer 3

Pt. of attachment to the shoulder, steeper prominence, lateral to the head of humerus.

Question 4

Lesser Tubercle

Answer 4

Smaller point of attachment to the shoulder, distal to the head of the humerus.

Question 5

Intertubercular Sulcus

Answer 5

Inbetween tuberosities.

Question 6

Capitulum

Answer 6

Larger, round tuberosity (skull).

Question 7

Olecranon Fossa

Answer 7

Depression at the elbow.

Question 8

Lateral Epicondyle

Answer 8

Smaller elbow epicondyle.

Question 9

Medial Epicondyle

Answer 9

Bigger elbow epicondyle.

Question 10

Trochlea

Answer 10

Smooth, flatter tuberosity.

Question 11

Radial Fossa

Answer 11

Depression fitted to the head of the radius.

Question 12

Coronoid Fossa

Answer 12

Small depression that touches the trochlea.

Question 13

Olecranon Process

Answer 13

Top bend.

Question 14

Styloid Process

Answer 14

Sharp, distal end. Connects with wrist.

Question 15

Trochlear Notch

Answer 15

Inbetween both processes.

Question 16

Head of Ulna

Answer 16

Allows the wrist to move in more than one place.

Question 17

Coronoid Process

Answer 17

Bottom part of the “U”.

Question 18

Radial Notch

Answer 18

Inferior to the trochlea, holds the radius.

Question 19

Head of radius

Answer 19

Allows wrist to move.

Question 20

Ulnar Notch

Answer 20

Stabalizes the ulna.

Question 21

Styloid Process

Answer 21

The pointy part.

Question 22

Radial Tuberosity

Answer 22

Muscle attachment, rough patch slightly parietal to middle of bone shaft.

Question 23

Proximal

Answer 23

Very tip.

Question 24

Middle

Answer 24

Central.

Question 25

Distal

Answer 25

Most distal to the palm.